As the week comes to a close, explore the latest RePower Project newsletter for a roundup of developments, success stories, and key insights from renewable energy, microgrid, and rural electrification initiatives across Africa.
In this issue:
👏 Gombe community gets electricity after 17 years as Federal Government inaugurates solar mini-grid. Continue here
🔌 FG, REA break ground on 17.7MW interconnected mini-grid in Ibadan. Access article
🌐 UN highlights Nigeria’s milestones in energy access. Read more
💰 UK backs £2million clean energy projects across Africa. More information
👏 Nigeria’s rural electricity programme powers 5m people, creates 5,000 jobs. Click here
🏦 House moves to establish national authority for renewable energy. Read more
📃 Burundi signs long-term public-private electrification partnership with Weza Power. Information here
📢 Hybrid microgrids as productive infrastructure in sub-Saharan Africa. Read analysis
🔉 REA’s mini-grids: Building local energy ecosystems to boost business, agric productivity. Read more
🌐 IRENA projects cheaper power for 401m Africans via off-grid renewables by 2030. More info
📍 En Afrique, le marché des renouvelables se prépare à doubler d’ici cinq ans. En savoir plus
🟠 Dr Mohamed Lamine Minka Kourouma : « La Guinée peut devenir le véritable poumon énergétique de l’Afrique de l’Ouest». Lire l’article
📍 Four years of real data reveal how a Ugandan island solar-diesel mini-grid really performs. Continue reading
🎙️ Africa needs an energy ladder. Read interview
About the RePower Project:
RePower is an ambitious plug-and-play microgrids project that aims to provide electricity access to 20,000 off-grid consumers across Ghana and Madagascar. Find out more here.
Until next time, thank you for being part of the RePower journey.
About the RePower Project:
RePower is an ambitious plug-and-play microgrids project that aims to provide electricity access to 20,000 off-grid consumers across Ghana, Madagascar and Niger.
RePower is funded by the European Union under grant number 101096250. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or CINEA. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.
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